The essence of Christianity is not about what we do for God but what God has done for us. Religion emphasizes our efforts to please God, while Christianity acknowledges that God has given us everything and we respond to Him out of love and gratitude. We love God because He first loved us, and we surrender our lives to Him because He has given us everything.
The Christian life is not a destination but a journey of transformation. We don't strive to become Christians; rather, we become Christians through the transformation that happens inside us when we receive the Holy Spirit. We cannot become Christians by our own efforts, but only through faith in Jesus Christ's sacrificial work.
The process of sanctification, where God makes us Christlike, is a work that only He can do. It's not something that we achieve through striving, but a result of yielding to the Holy Spirit in our lives. As we surrender to God and allow Him to work in us, we become more like Christ every day.
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